Awful. The illustrations are cool but this isn’t a story for kids. I’m glad I read this first before adding this to our Christmas reads. I understand the sentiment but this is grown up worry not little kids.

I don’t know who I’m more irked with. The author for thinking her love of dark narratives translates to young books. Or the publisher for putting it out there as Children’s Fiction.

The premise behind this book was good but I isn’t entertaining. The illustrations aren’t very eye catching.

If you’re doing a book advent this would make a lovely addition for real youngsters. Bright and bold illustrations designed to catch the eye and a simple story to follow.
Great fun .

My 6 year old daughter was absolutely not a fan. She didn't care for the pictures and was very upset about Santa's treatment.

Thank you to BTW LLC and Netgalley for the ebook to read and review

A little child is apprehensive over Santa coming every year and in his mind has turned him into a menacing and evil being. A man who hurts the clouds and makes a mess in his house. Then he finds that his neighbour doesn’t get anything from this man at all.

This was very creative, it wasn’t a story I enjoyed much honestly but it was still a very unique tale of Christmas through a different perspective. It was interesting reading all the thoughts that this child had, of what Santa does and how mean those thing were and how he didn’t want to write a letter or sit on his lap and that his neighbour got nothing.

I like that it highlighted the differences between him and his neighbour and the cons to the season through a child’s eye. It was a very interest concept for a book for the season, not a style or topic you see very much.

The idea behind this book was a good one in that each child should get a gift from Santa at Christmas but the book wasn't one for me at all.

I didn't like the story and the book doesn't hit the mark at all. The book could have been more positive and about charity and love, but it was just really a book that bashed Santa. Sadly, I can't give it more than one star - some of the images were awful and not great for a children's book.

What an a great premise for a story for kids to think about others on Christmas. The idea behind this story provided a great stepping stone for conversation to start about what different peoples christmas looks like. Do we all get the same gifts? Why do some of us get big nice gifts and some of us small gifts? Why do some people get none? And as the book asked “What right does Santa have to determine that?” All of these are awesome talking points to have in a classroom where home lives are all so different. We would have a lot of fun reading it. The only hesitancy of reading this book would be showing the illustrations. This book was about Santa not being fair to all kids on Christmas, but the illustrations made him to look like a scary monster. While we want kids to think about how we can make christmas fair for all kids, scaring them away from Santa is not the way to do it. This book would be awesome to be read and discuss in an elementary classroom but without any pictures being shown.

Thank you NetGalley and BTW LLC for a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

The illustrations are stunning in "Humbug Day" and really drew the eye of myself and my kids!

While reading, I felt it started out as a story about one not liking Christmas, as in silly, rhyming, and fun. Then more than half way through, the tone changed and it felt like we started a different story, resulting in the message the author was trying to get across becoming lost upon the reader.

A sincere thank you to NetGalley for providing me a copy of “Humbug Day” in exchange for an honest review. I am grateful to have had the opportunity to read this story and leave my review voluntarily.

Thank you NetGalley and BTW LLC for accepting my request to read and review Humbug Day.

Author: Gitte Tamar
Published: 11/06/22
Genre: Children's Fiction -- Parenting & Families

The premise behind this book is spot on: every child should receive a gift from Santa on Christmas.

Unfortunately, the story does not work for me. It misses its mark on an already unobtainable goal.

I found the illustrations raw and rough. I am okay with them being somewhat abstract. However, as I was reading the E-book, the pages didn't move seamlessly. My eyes were all over the place, much as when a fool shines a light into your eyes, and rapid blinking happens and shielding the eyes is instinctive.